Research Article

Trypsin Digestion Pretreatment of Kelp Samples and the Iodine Speciation Analysis of Iodate, Iodide, MIT, and DIT by HPLC-ICP-MS

Table 1

Instrumental operating conditions.

ParameterOperation setting

Experimental conditions for HPLC
ColumnIonPac AS-14 anion-exchange column (4 mm × 250 mm, 10 μm)
Mobile phase100 mmol·L−1(NH4)2CO3, pH = 9
Elution modeMultistep gradient: 0–1500 s: 0.8 mL·min−1
1500–3300 s: 1.2 mL·min−1
1500 s–3300 s: 1.2 mL/min
Column temperature28°C
Injection volume20 μL

Experimental conditions for ICP-MS
Forward power1550 W
Plasma gas flow14.000 L·min−1
Auxiliary gas flow0.8000 L·min−1
Nebulizer gas flow1.0150 L·min−1
Sampling depth5.0 mm
Analytical modelKED (kinetic energy discrimination)
CCT flow5.198 mL·min−1
Dwell time0.2 s